Washington and Westwood Elementary schools from Geary County USD 475 have been notified by the Kansas Department of Education that they will be receiving a Challenge Award.
The schools will be honored with Certificates of Merit from the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force for their outstanding achievement and accomplishment on the 2015 Kansas Assessments. Washington Elementary will be honored for third grade reading and Westwood will be honored for fifth grade reading.
For each of the 14 state assessments, 99 schools were originally identified as high performing. Using a statistical model that included test results and percent of students on free reduced lunch, the schools with the top scores for each of the 10 State Board regions were selected for the Certificate of Merit.
The awards will be presented by Ms. Deena Horst, Kansas State Board of Education Board Member, and other representatives on February 22nd during the USD 475 Board of Education Celebration meeting to be held at Junction City Middle School at 5 p.m.
Hugh Davis
Executive Director of Communications – USD 475